The 1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers season was the team's 24th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flyers missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.
1990–91 Philadelphia Flyers | |
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Division | 5th Patrick |
Conference | 8th Wales |
1990–91 record | 33–37–10 |
Home record | 18–16–6 |
Road record | 15–21–4 |
Goals for | 252 (16th) |
Goals against | 267 (11th) |
Team information | |
President | Jay Snider |
General manager | Russ Farwell |
Coach | Paul Holmgren |
Captain | Ron Sutter |
Alternate captains | Mark Howe Rick Tocchet |
Arena | Spectrum |
Average attendance | 17,342[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Rick Tocchet (40) |
Assists | Pelle Eklund (50) |
Points | Rick Tocchet (71) |
Penalty minutes | Craig Berube (293) |
Plus/minus | Mark Howe (+9) |
Wins | Ron Hextall (13) |
Goals against average | Pete Peeters (2.88) |
Off-season
editAfter firing general manager Bobby Clarke on April 16, 1990,[2] Russ Farwell was hired to replace him on June 6.[3] Farwell had spent the previous two seasons as the general manager of the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds.[3]
Regular season
editRick Tocchet scored 40 goals and Pelle Eklund recorded 50 assists. However, goaltender Ron Hextall continued to be hampered by injuries during the 1990–91 season. He only played in 36 games and as a result the Flyers missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year, finishing fifth in the division and three points short of a playoff spot after a late-season collapse.
Despite scoring the fewest short-handed goals (2) and allowing the most short-handed goals (16), the Flyers finished 7th out of 21 teams in power play percentage with 20.12% (68 for 338).[4]
Season standings
editGP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Pittsburgh Penguins | 80 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 342 | 305 | 88 |
New York Rangers | 80 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 297 | 265 | 85 |
Washington Capitals | 80 | 37 | 36 | 7 | 258 | 258 | 81 |
New Jersey Devils | 80 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 272 | 264 | 79 |
Philadelphia Flyers | 80 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 252 | 267 | 76 |
New York Islanders | 80 | 25 | 45 | 10 | 223 | 290 | 60 |
[5]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Boston Bruins | ADM | 80 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 299 | 264 | 100 |
2 | Montreal Canadiens | ADM | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 273 | 249 | 89 |
3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PTK | 80 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 342 | 305 | 88 |
4 | New York Rangers | PTK | 80 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 297 | 265 | 85 |
5 | Washington Capitals | PTK | 80 | 37 | 36 | 7 | 258 | 258 | 81 |
6 | Buffalo Sabres | ADM | 80 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 292 | 278 | 81 |
7 | New Jersey Devils | PTK | 80 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 272 | 264 | 79 |
8 | Philadelphia Flyers | PTK | 80 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 252 | 267 | 76 |
9 | Hartford Whalers | ADM | 80 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 238 | 276 | 73 |
10 | New York Islanders | PTK | 80 | 25 | 45 | 10 | 223 | 290 | 60 |
11 | Quebec Nordiques | ADM | 80 | 16 | 50 | 14 | 236 | 354 | 46 |
Divisions: PTK – Patrick, ADM – Adams
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 6–6–0, 12 points (home: 4–2–0; road: 2–4–0)
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November: 11–4–2, 24 points (home: 6–3–1; road: 5–1–1)
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December: 4–8–3, 11 points (home: 0–3–3; road: 4–5–0)
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January: 6–4–1, 13 points (home: 5–1–0; road: 1–3–1)
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February: 4–5–2, 10 points (home: 2–3–1; road: 2–2–1)
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March: 2–10–2, 6 points (home: 1–4–1; road: 1–6–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flyers only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
22 | Rick Tocchet | RW | 70 | 40 | 31 | 71 | 2 | 150 |
9 | Pelle Eklund | C | 73 | 19 | 50 | 69 | −2 | 14 |
32 | Murray Craven | LW | 77 | 19 | 47 | 66 | −2 | 53 |
14 | Ron Sutter | C | 80 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 2 | 92 |
3 | Gord Murphy | D | 80 | 11 | 31 | 42 | −7 | 58 |
18 | Mike Ricci | C | 68 | 21 | 20 | 41 | −8 | 64 |
19 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 74 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 155 |
25 | Keith Acton | C | 76 | 14 | 23 | 37 | −9 | 131 |
29 | Terry Carkner | D | 79 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −15 | 204 |
20 | Normand Lacombe | RW | 74 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −1 | 27 |
28 | Kjell Samuelsson | D | 78 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 82 |
11 | Jiri Latal | D | 50 | 5 | 21 | 26 | −19 | 14 |
12 | Tim Kerr | RW | 27 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −8 | 8 |
24 | Derrick Smith | LW | 72 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 37 |
10[a] | Dale Kushner | RW | 63 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −4 | 195 |
17 | Craig Berube | LW | 74 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −6 | 293 |
8 | Murray Baron | D | 67 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −3 | 74 |
26 | Martin Hostak | C | 50 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
2 | Mark Howe | D | 19 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
21 | Tony Horacek | LW | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 49 |
6 | Jeff Chychrun | D | 36 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 105 |
39 | David Fenyves | D | 40 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 28 |
45 | Chris Jensen | RW | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 2 |
23 | Pat Murray | LW | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 15 |
41 | Mark Pederson† | LW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −8 | 5 |
5 | Kerry Huffman | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
50 | Scott Sandelin | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
36 | Darren Rumble | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
58 | Bill Armstrong | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
46 | Kimbi Daniels | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
27 | Ron Hextall | G | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
33 | Pete Peeters | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
15 | Craig Fisher | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Bruce Hoffort | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
35 | Ken Wregget | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
27 | Ron Hextall | 36 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 982 | 106 | 3.12 | .892 | 0 | 2,035 |
35 | Ken Wregget | 30 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 660 | 88 | 3.56 | .867 | 0 | 1,484 |
33 | Pete Peeters | 26 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 623 | 61 | 2.88 | .902 | 1 | 1,270 |
30 | Bruce Hoffort | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 4.59 | .850 | 0 | 39 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Rick Tocchet[b] | [9] |
NHL Player of the Month | Pete Peeters (November) | [10] | |
NHL Player of the Week | Ken Wregget (October 22) | [11] | |
Team | Barry Ashbee Trophy | Kjell Samuelsson | [12] |
Bobby Clarke Trophy | Pelle Eklund | [12] | |
Class Guy Award | Gord Murphy | [12] |
Records
editAmong the team records set during the 1990–91 season was the fewest shorthanded goals scored in a season (2) and the most shorthanded goals allowed in a season (16).[13][14]
Transactions
editThe Flyers were involved in the following transactions from May 25, 1990, the day after the deciding game of the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals, through May 25, 1991, the day of the deciding game of the 1991 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]
Trades
editDate | Details | Ref | |
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June 16, 1990 | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 1990 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Kevin Maguire 8th-round pick in 1991 |
[16] |
March 5, 1991 | To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Pederson |
To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 1991 |
[17] |
Players acquired
editDate | Player | Former team | Via | Ref |
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August 1, 1990 | Rod Dallman | New York Islanders | Free agency | [18] |
Dale Kushner | New York Islanders | Free agency | [18] | |
September 5, 1990 | Lance Pitlick | University of Minnesota (WCHA) | Free agency | [19] |
Players lost
editDate | Player | New team | Via | Ref |
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July 3, 1990 | Ilkka Sinisalo | Minnesota North Stars | Free agency | [20] |
July 16, 1990 | John Stevens | Hartford Whalers | Free agency | [21] |
August 29, 1990 | Doug Sulliman | Retirement | [22] | |
September 4, 1990 | Ken Linseman | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency | [23] |
Signings
editDate | Player | Term | Ref |
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August 1, 1990 | Brian Dobbin | [18] | |
Mark Freer | [18] | ||
Tony Horacek | [18] | ||
August 28, 1990 | Martin Hostak | 2-year | [24][25] |
September 4, 1990 | Mike Ricci | [26] | |
September 5, 1990 | Pat Murray | [19] | |
September 14, 1990 | Ron Hextall | 5-year[c] | [10][27] |
Rick Tocchet | 4-year[d] | [27] | |
November 29, 1990 | Ken Wregget | 1-year[e] | [28] |
May 2, 1991 | Pelle Eklund | 3-year | [29] |
May 14, 1991 | Jiri Latal | multi-year | [30] |
Draft picks
editNHL Entry Draft
editPhiladelphia's picks at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 16, 1990.[31] The Flyers traded their fourth-round pick, 67th overall, to the Edmonton Oilers for Normand Lacombe on January 5, 1990.[32]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Mike Ricci | Center | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) | |
2 | 25 | Chris Simon | Left wing | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | |
2 | 40 | Mikael Renberg | Right wing | Sweden | Luleå HF (Elitserien) | [f] |
2 | 42 | Terran Sandwith | Defense | Canada | Tri-City Americans (USHL) | [g] |
3 | 44 | Kimbi Daniels | Center | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | [h] |
3 | 46 | Bill Armstrong | Defense | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) | |
3 | 47 | Chris Therien | Defense | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) | [i] |
3 | 52 | Al Kinisky | Defense | United States | Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) | [j] |
5 | 88 | Dan Kordic | Defense | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | |
6 | 109 | Vyacheslav Butsayev | Center | Soviet Union | CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union) | |
8 | 151 | Patric Englund | Left wing | Sweden | AIK (Elitserien) | |
9 | 172 | Toni Porkka | Defense | Finland | Lukko Rauma (SM-liiga) | |
10 | 193 | Greg Hanson | Defense | United States | Bloomington Kennedy High School (USHS-MN) | |
11 | 214 | Tommy Soderstrom | Goaltender | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (Elitserien) | |
12 | 235 | Billy Lund | Center | United States | Roseau High School (USHS-MN) |
NHL Supplemental Draft
editPhiladelphia's picks at the 1990 NHL Supplemental Draft on June 15, 1990.[33][34]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team (league) |
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1 | 4 | Steve Beadle | Defense | United States | Michigan State University (CCHA) |
2 | 9 | Ray Letourneau | Goaltender | United States | Yale University (ECAC) |
Farm teams
editThe Flyers were affiliated with the Hershey Bears of the AHL.[35][36]
Notes
edit- ^ Kushner wore number 36 in his first ten games.
- ^ Tocchet was voted to the starting lineup.[8]
- ^ Option for sixth year
- ^ Option for fifth year
- ^ Arbitration award
- ^ The Flyers traded Jay Wells and their 1991 fourth-round pick to the Buffalo Sabres for Kevin Maguire and the Sabres' second-round pick, 40th overall, on March 5, 1990.[32]
- ^ The Flyers traded Brian Propp to the Boston Bruins for the Bruins' second-round pick, 42nd overall, on March 2, 1990.[32]
- ^ The Flyers traded Darren Jensen and Daryl Stanley to the Vancouver Canucks for Wendell Young and Canucks' third-round pick, 44th overall, on August 31, 1987.[32]
- ^ The Flyers traded Wendell Young and their seventh-round pick, 130th overall, to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the Penguins' third-round pick, 47th overall, on September 1, 1989.[32]
- ^ The Flyers traded Kevin Maguire and their 1991 eighth-round pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the Maple Leafs' third-round pick, 52nd overall, on June 16, 1990.[32]
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- ^ a b Miles, Gary (December 5, 1990). "For Now, It's Peeters Ruling A Crowded Goalies' Roost". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
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